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From basic training to life training
By GISELLE LAM | Sep. 15, 2013James Bowman did not find himself in college dorms or lecture halls after graduating high school in Wyoming, N.Y.
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Passing on the smiles
By GISELLE LAM | Sep. 15, 2013Mindy Weinman's life changed when she met David. The South American boy had just immigrated to Weinman's school in the United States and could barely speak English.
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Getting dirty for a cause that's worthy
By SHARON KAHN | Sep. 12, 2013Madison Darling, a junior health and human services major, was covered in mud from head to toe and she loved every second of it. Approximately 10,000 females covered in pink and brown climbed, crawled and challenged themselves to complete the Dirty Girl Mud Run in support of cancer awareness in Buffalo suburb Lancaster on Saturday and Sunday. The participants organized in teams to take on various woman-themed obstacles at the non-competitive 5K race.
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Makeup is my wig
By KEREN BARUCH | Sep. 10, 2013She could not verbalize anything. Laying in a hospital bed, hooked up to tubes and needles, bone-thin from not eating for five days, makeup blogger Talia Castellano held onto Lizzy Lenchner's hand. She opened her eyes for a few moments, looked at Lenchner and smirked.
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Beyond UB's borders
By CASSANDRA YOCHUM | Sep. 10, 2013One reason to try winter session? "Dare yourself to an intellectual challenge - an adventure," said Debra Street, professor and chair of the sociology department. UB added an extra week to its winter break, extending it to Jan.
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UB's first Fulbright: Burns finds new way to study architecture
By CASSANDRA YOCHUM | Sep. 8, 2013Dylan Burns, a sophomore architecture major, spent his summer discovering the "sociology of architecture." Burns was the first UB student to be chosen for the Fulbright Summer Institute.
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Growing sustainability
By AMANDA LOW | Sep. 5, 2013Four students are embracing UB's push to be more sustainable. And, according to them, it all starts with a garden. In June, Jonathan Gibbons, Kristen Janson, Margaret Murray and Dylan Steed attended the
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Talking dead
By JAMES DRAGONETTE | Sep. 5, 2013If a zombie apocalypse hits Buffalo anytime soon, one group of UB students will be prepared to handle the impending chaos. These students meet every Tuesday around a large seminar table in Capen Hall and are instructed by John Edgar Browning, an adjunct English professor and Ph.D.
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"E-Zoo deaths, drug use spark 'Molly' conversation"
By KEREN BARUCH | Sep. 4, 2013There was loud music blasting through the speakers and the DJs on stage were spinning songs that made the entire crowd go wild.
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Jewish students find a second home at the Chabad House
By KEREN BARUCH | Sep. 4, 2013Every Friday night, Rivka Gurary serves a $1,000 meal to her family. She spends two to three days preparing dishes of chicken, soup, challah, gefilte fish, rice, salads and desserts - from scratch. The meal is not only for her immediate family - her husband, Rabbi Moshe Gurary and their five children - but also the entire Jewish community at UB. The Chabad House, located at 2450 North Forest Road behind Wilkeson Quadrangle, is a home away from home to over 100 UB students and thousands of UB alumni, according to Rabbi Gurary.
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UB nightlife takes a turn
By KEREN BARUCH | Aug. 28, 2013What used to be one of the most popular bars by South Campus has become the home of the calzone king. A neon blue sign and long line of drunken freshmen can no longer be spotted outside of 3160 Main St.
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Something for everyone
By ALYSSA MCCLURE | July 1, 2013In a single walk down Delaware Avenue this July, participants of the Taste of Buffalo will inhale the tantalizing smell of steaming, saucy chicken wings, chow down on a beef on weck sandwich and be tempted by delicacies like chocolate-dipped cheesecake and strawberries. The Taste of Buffalo is a two-day festival of food that hosts restaurants from all over the Western New York area.
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Student Spotlight: Anna Heintzman
By JOE KONZE JR | July 1, 2013Anna Heintzman plans her life on her iPhone. She stands at the calendar at Dash's Market and triple checks her work schedule to make sure she is not double booked. After she is done with that, she checks her email for the assistant schedule at her promotions job. Then she checks her schedule for the Student Association.
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The strut through college
By KEREN BARUCH | July 1, 2013For two years, Sara Festberg battled depression and anxiety. She enrolled at Penn State University for her freshman year at college. After a few months, Festberg realized her state was disabling her from receiving the education she needed.
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Gettin' muddy with it
Apr. 28, 2013Seven and a Half White Men struggled to march out of the knee-deep mud pit. Their faces were barely visible through the layers of caked-on mud from seven hours of grueling and demanding volleyball. For the third year in a row, the eight players were victorious. The 29th-annual Oozefest tournament took place on Saturday in the mud pit behind the South Lake Apartment Complex.
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Three days of debate
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 28, 2013Collin Anderson got to be the president of Cyprus for a weekend, attending European Union (EU) meetings and playing an important role in passing policies within the government. Anderson, along with eight other members of UB's Model EU Club, attended the 2013 SUNY Model EU held at the SUNY Global Center in New York City from April 11-13.
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Hope for Boston
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 28, 2013In about a month's time, Buffalo's annual marathon will take place. Thomas Scott, a senior political science major, said it's scary to think what happened during the Boston Marathon could happen anywhere. On Patriots' Day this year, two bombs exploded during the annual Boston Marathon near the finish line.
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Going green: one bike at a time
By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Apr. 25, 2013UB is the first university to use GPS tracking technology for students to come together as a biking community. BikeShare at UB offers students, faculty and staff the option of renting bicycles instead of bringing their own to campus.
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The end of something
By ERIC CORTELLESSA | Apr. 25, 2013In 1966, Neil Schmitz arrived to UB as it was occupied by the Buffalo Police Department. Armed officers were dispersed throughout campus and public demonstrations protesting the Vietnam War were frequent and chaotic.
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More than just rocks
By RONNIE SIMMONS II | Apr. 25, 2013Christine Burrill, a first-year graduate student in geology, heard a story about people living in the crater of a volcano in the Canary Island in class that opened her eyes to the world of geology.
